| Joe Dempsie | |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 2000–present |
Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019).
Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (20012003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).
Joseph Maxwell Dempsie was born in Liverpool on 22 June 1987. His Scottish father was a social worker.[1] He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.[2] He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, and was also educated at The West Bridgford School.[3]
Dempsie has been the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK.[4] In episode 6 of the fourth series of Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Daughter", that aired on 10 May 2008, Dempsie played the character Cline,[5] a soldier who watches his comrades die.[6] On 18 April 2008, Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell.[7] On 20 July 2008, he appeared at T4 on the Beach in Weston Super Mare alongside fellow Skins cast members. He appeared as Duncan McKenzie in 2009's The Damned United alongside Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham and Timothy Spall. In November 2008, he appeared in The Moment of Truth, episode 10 of the BBC show Merlin. He plays Will, who is an old friend of Merlin's, from the village in which they grew up together.
In 2010, he voiced Steven, a gay teenager from Nottinghamshire in the Radio 4 play Once Upon a Time.[8] He plays the character of Gendry Baratheon in HBO's series Game of Thrones based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.[9] He appeared in the first three, seventh and eighth of its eight seasons. He also appeared in the Channel 4 mini-series This Is England '86, as well as the follow-ups This Is England '88 and This Is England '90. He has also appeared in Harry & Paul on BBC Two, appearing as a northerner who was presented as a gift from the character Harry was playing to his daughter.[10] Recently he has appeared in the BBC Three series The Fades (episodes 3 to 6), as John.[11]
In January 2021, it was announced that Dempsie was cast as Nick in the upcoming Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.[12]
Dempsie resides in London.[13] He is a Nottingham Forest F.C. fan,[14] and once appeared on Soccer AM wearing the team's shirt. Being half Scottish, he is also a fan of the Scotland national football team.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Leon | Episode: "Playing God" |
| 2001 | Doctors | Lee Lindsay | Episode: "Sins of the Brother" |
| 2003 | Sweet Medicine | Ben Campbell | Episode 2 |
| 2004 | Doctors | Danny | Episode: "Rabbit in the Headlights" |
| 2005 | Born and Bred | Humphrey 'Bogie' Locke | Episode: "Community Spirits" |
| 2006 | To Kill a Burglar: The Tony Martin Story | Fred Barras | Television film |
| 2007–2008 | Skins | 19 episodes | |
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Cline | Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter" |
| Merlin | Episode: "The Moment of Truth" | ||
| 2010 | This Is England '86 | Higgy | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2013; 2017–2019 | Game of Thrones | 24 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Fades | John | 4 episodes |
| Moving On | Kieran Murphy | Episode: "The Poetry of Silence" | |
| 2012 | Murder | Stefan | Episode: "Joint Enterprise" |
| Accused | Martin Cormack | Episode: "Mo's Story" | |
| 2013 | Southcliffe | Chris Cooper | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | New Worlds | Ned Hawkins | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | The Gamechangers | Jamie King | One-off drama |
| This Is England '90 | Higgy | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Retribution / One of Us | Rob Elliot | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Ellen | Jason | Television film |
| 2018–2019 | Deep State | Harry Clarke | 16 episodes |
| 2020 | Adult Material | Rich | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Love, Death & Robots | Laird | Episode: "The Tall Grass" |
| 2022 | Pieces of Her | Nick | Main cast |
| TBA | Get Millie Black | Luke Holborn | Miniseries, filming[15] |
| TBA | Toxic Town | 4 episodes | |
| TBA | Showtrial | DI Miles Southgate | Series 2 |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Heartlands | Craig | ||
| 2003 | One for the Road | Joyrider | ||
| 2009 | The Damned United | Duncan McKenzie | ||
| 2010 | Edge (film) | Edge | Philip | |
| 2011 | Blitz | Theo Nelson | ||
| 2014 | Frankie | |||
| 2015 | Burn Burn Burn | James | ||
| 2017 | Dark River | David | ||
| 2018 | Been So Long | Kestrel | ||
| 2024 | Addition | Seamus | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Station | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Black Hearts in Battersea | Simon | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2010 | Once Upon A Time | Steven | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2010 | The Rain Maker | Son | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2013 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Arthur Seaton | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2016 | The Beach (Book at Bedtime) | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2016 | Waiting for the Boatman | Cecco | BBC Radio 4 |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Clearasil 'Lipstick' advert | ||
| 2011 | Sky One | ||
| 2016–2017; 2019–2023 | Final Fantasy XIV | Ardbert, Arenvald Lentinus, Oschon |